The Center for Clinical Counseling, LLC
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Helpful Resources
Helpful Resources
The Center for Clinical Counseling, LLC in Augusta, Georgia is dedicated to promoting the mental well-being of each client. On this page, we provide resources that will help you understand mental health better.
Differences Among Mental Health Professionals
Differences Among Mental Health Professionals
Mental health professionals play a significant role in treating a range of mental health issues. However, the level of care that they provide differs depending on education and the type of license they hold. Review the following categories to ensure that you are aware of what each professional provides.
Licensed Professional Counselors
Licensed Professional Counselors
These professionals have extensive training and are licensed after obtaining a master’s degree and receiving post-master’s clinical supervision. Licensed Professional Counselors may also hold doctorate degrees which is beneficial in academia roles for teaching counselors-in-training.
They provide mental health assessments, diagnoses, and therapies. These specialists cannot prescribe medication. Dr. Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Marriage and Family Therapists
Marriage and Family Therapists
These professionals are licensed after obtaining a master’s degree and supervised post-master’s clinical supervision. Marriage and family therapists may also receive doctorate degrees for academic positions. They evaluate clients, provide diagnoses, and therapy.
Therapy is mostly comprised of couples counseling and family therapy. Please note that marriage and family therapists cannot prescribe medication.
Clinical Social Workers
Clinical Social Workers
These professionals also have an abundance of training and are also licensed after obtaining a master’s degree and undergoing post-master’s clinical supervision. Clinical Social Workers may also earn doctorate degrees.
They perform assessments, diagnoses, and therapies. Much of their work also centers on advocacy and connecting individuals with resources. Clinical Social Workers cannot prescribe medication.
Psychologists
Psychologists
These professionals receive their license after earning a doctorate degree. Psychologists may provide assessments, diagnoses, and therapies.
The majority of their work includes psychological testing. An example of this is intelligence testing for educational or career purposes, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) or the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC).
In some states (Louisiana, New Mexico, Illinois, and Iowa), Psychologists who have received additional training have prescribing privileges.
Psychiatrists
These professionals have earned a medical degree and are licensed physicians who specialize in prescribing psychiatric medications. Because a Psychiatrist’s main role centers on providing medication, very few provide therapeutic services. For therapy, seek out a Licensed Professional Counselor, Clinical Social Worker, or Psychologist.
Other Providers
Many other professionals also play a role in providing mental health services, such as Psychiatric Nurses, Mental Health Technicians, Physician Assistants, and other professionals.
Aside from a Psychiatrist, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants can also prescribe psychiatric medications under supervision or in collaboration with a Psychiatrist.
Helpful Bible Verses
Helpful Bible Verses
Read these out loud each day to strengthen yourself in the Word.
Read these out loud each day to strengthen yourself in the Word.
2 Timothy 4:18 (Deliverance)
2 Timothy 4:18 (Deliverance)
“And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
Psalms 107:6 (Deliverance)
Psalms 107:6 (Deliverance)
“Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses.
Psalms 34:4 (Deliverance)
Psalms 34:4 (Deliverance)
“I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.”
Psalms 23:4 (Deliverance)
Psalms 23:4 (Deliverance)
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
John 15:7 (Deliverance)
John 15:7 (Deliverance)
“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”
Hebrews 11:1 (Faith)
Hebrews 11:1 (Faith)
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
James 1:2-4 (Wisdom)
James 1:2-4 (Wisdom)
“Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations. Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience. But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfectly and fully developed lacking in nothing.”
1 Peter 5:7-9 (Cast Your Care)
1 Peter 5:7-9 (Cast Your Care)
“Give all you worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.”
Psalm 56:3-4 (Fear)
Psalm 56:3-4 (Fear)
“What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in and put my trust and reliance in You. By [the help of] God I will praise His word; on God I lean, rely, and confidently put my trust; I will not fear. What can man, who is flesh, do to me?”
Psalm 37:8 (Anger)
Psalm 37:8 (Anger)
“Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper—it only leads to harm.”
Proverbs 4:20-22 (Health)
Proverbs 4:20-22 (Health)
“My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh.”
Proverbs 18:21 (Power of Tongue)
Proverbs 18:21 (Power of Tongue)
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it.”
Ephesians 4:29 (Communication)
Ephesians 4:29 (Communication)
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
Mark 11:24 (Believe)
Mark 11:24 (Believe)
“Therefore, I say unto you, what things so ever you desire when you pray, believe that you receive them and you shall have them.”
Hebrews 4:12 (Believe)
Hebrews 4:12 (Believe)
“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
John 3:17 (No Condemnation)
John 3:17 (No Condemnation)
“For God did not send his Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.”
Romans 3:20 (The Law)
Romans 3:20 (The Law)
“For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.”
Romans 10:9-10 (Speaking and Believing)
Romans 10:9-10 (Speaking and Believing)
“If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring you faith that you are saved.”
Joshua 1:8 (Meditation)
Joshua 1:8 (Meditation)
“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips: mediate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”
John 1:17 (The Law)
John 1:17 (The Law)
“For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness (Grace and truth) came through Jesus Christ.”
John 3:16 (God’s Love)
John 3:16 (God’s Love)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
Psalm 91:3-7 (Protection)
Psalm 91:3-7 (Protection)
“Surely, he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror or night, nor the arrow that files by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.”
Isaiah 12:2 (Victory)
Isaiah 12:2 (Victory)
“See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.”
